Seventeen-year-old Jalen JaJa Stogner was shot and killed on August 31, 2012, in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The shooting happened outside a laundromat while Jalen was helping his mother unload laundry from their car; he was struck in the side of his back after a brief exchange with another young man, 17-year-old Alan Padilla. Jalen was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and was pronounced dead less than an hour later.

Alan Padilla was charged with first-degree murder, denied bond, and was arrested after being seen on nearby railroad tracks. He also faced charges for assaulting a police officer and a detention aide following his arrest; reports note he had a gang tattoo on his chest and multiple prior juvenile arrests. Jalen’s mother, Marla Stogner, witnessed the shooting and described finding her son lying in a puddle of blood, urging greater community support to prevent more losses.

Did anyone in the Back of the Yards area see or hear anything that night that could shed more light on what happened?